To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what arrangements his Department makes to ensure that blind and partially sighted people have access to information produced by his Department where it has not been published in alternative media such as Braille, large print or tape;
Base | Facilities | ||
Broughton Moor | Cumbria | NATO Armaments Depot | June 1992 |
Holy Loch | Strathclyde | Storage/Support | June 1992 |
RAF Kemble | Gloucestershire | Storage/Support | June 1992 |
Martlesham Heath | Suffolk | Communications Site | July 1992 |
RAF Greenham Common | Berkshire | Standby Deployment Base | September 1992 |
Cairnmore Hilloch | Highlands | Communications Site | October 1992 |
RAF Inverbervie | Grampian | Communications Site | October 1992 |
Latheron | Highlands | Communications Site | October 1992 |
RAF Locking | Avon | Contingency Hospital | October 1992 |
RAF Sculthorpe | Norfolk | Standby Deployment Base | October 1992 |
West Murkle | Highlands | Communications Site | October 1992 |
Aberdeen | Grampian | Communications Site | November 1992 |
Kinnaber | Grampian | Communications Site | January 1993 |
Mormond Hill | Grampian | Communications Site | January 1993 |
RAF Machrihanish | Strathclyde | Storage/Support | April 1993 |
Glen Douglas | Strathclyde | Storage/Support | June 1993 |
RAF St. Mawgan | Cornwall | Storage/Support | June 1993 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list those bases and facilities operated or leased by United States armed forces that are to be returned to his Department's control.
The list of bases and facilities made available to the United States visiting forces at the following locations and which are due to be returned or partially returned to Ministry of Defence control is as follows:
(2) what is his Department's policy on which information produced by his Department is published in alternative media to standard print such as Braille, tape or large print.
With the exception of recruitment literature and application forms, the information produced by my Department is not available in alternative media for public use, although it would be possible to provide this if it were cost effective to do so. Internal information, however, can usually be made available to staff in alternative media where there is a demand.